The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-11-24

1t is. announced that the Chicago Am
nesty Society and Defence Committee will
join forces and assume the responsibility Of
providing for the families of the dead An.
archists, and that permanent fund will be
started Tor that purpose. There will be,
after the final accounting Of the expenses
OF the funeral, q surplus of about 81, 800 or
$4,000 in the hands of the Defence Com
mittee, which will form the nucleus for
them to start the fund with. 1t intended
10 make this new organization national in
extent.
Marshal Dyer, recently appointed receiver
to take charge Of certain property belong,
ing to the Mormon Church, has made de.
mand for Temple block, on which stands
the Mormon Temple, Assembly Hall and
large tabernacle. These buildings and adj
Jaccnt grounds have been used for upwards
Of forty years exclusively for religious pur-
poses. He has also taken possession Of The
parsonage, known IS the guardgh0uSc, and
the church historians Office, leaving men i'm
charge.
The factory Of the Union Powder Com
pany, seven miles northwest Of lei Pus0,
Texas was blown to atoms yesterday
morning. a man named Gulick was mix
ing about thirty pounds of powder outside
the building, when it exploded, igniliur
l,5O0 pounds of powder inside the build,
ing. 5. S. Carter of New York. president
OF the company, was in the factory. He
was mangled terribly, and died Gulick
was fatally injured.
At o'clock yesterday morning large
bomb was found on the steps Of the ST. 10.
scph, Mo-, City Hall leading to the police
station. An hour later another was found
back OF wholesale grocery house. Both
were taken to point above the civ on the
bank 1al l,,r = h,
Police. The bombs were Of dynamite, and
evidently constructed by an expert bomb
maker Anarchists there number over 100
and are Of the fcrCest character. The feel.
ing against them is intense
TelcSraphic reports from Prescott. Ari
Zona, arc uniform in the statement that an
apparently wonderful discovery Of gold
ledge has been made on IIussyumpl River,
ten miles from Prescott The strike was
made on the side OF hill POO feet above
HE level OF the creek. The product Of
the mine thus far is declared to be the rich
est ever known Oh the coast, and naturally
has provoked great excitement thruu yhout
Arizona The ledge is twenty inches wide
and runs north and SOUTH and can be traced
for nearly two miles
ScnOr Franco Armcro. an agent Of the
Colombian Government sent 10 mako nn
inspection Of the Panama Caual. rcDurts
that l2i 200, coo cubic metres Of earth still
remain To be cNcAva;cd, aud that the tofal
cost Of the canal will probably reach the
enormous sum of 3,0l2 ,l95, 600 francs, or
SGU2, 800 600. He also SAYS that the com
pany will find it difficult 10 obtain the re-.
quisi;c fabulous sum required, and the
financial situation Of the company is Sc.
rious, is Involved and is alarming.
Last Friday afternoon Stcphncy Bailey,
an old colorcd man, who is the engineer i;
Mr. j. {. Porchcr'S steam mill, near place
called Duckp0nd, about twenty miles from
Bonncaus. in Berkeley county. had y
quarrel with his wife. When thcy had
been quaIrcling n long while, and had
come t. blows, Stcphney seized an axe ans:
struck his wife on the hcad She died
tr"m me effects OF the blow in iuW nIi0-
'itcs. Bailey IS G5 years DID, and his wifc
was but ii few years younger. Hr IS said
|" have been at times affected win d..
mcntia. He is now in JAIL